This Is Who I Am!

This is my New Years Resolution for 2012:

Having the courage to say this is who I am!

Live ~ Love ~ Imagine ~ Create

What is Strength?

As 2011 is quickly drawing to a close, I am reflecting upon the concept of ‘strength’. I think strength is a little like ‘hope’. My favourite quote for this is:

And then having strength is the ability to try, just that one more time. I know that I am strong and it’s taken me a LONG time to be able to say that. Everything in me was saying to give up but far away in the distance I heard the whisper of hope – ‘try it one more time’ – and I am so grateful that I listened to that faint whisper. I am a better person for listening to it and I am still here.

I’ve been taking some time out just for me to create and I have am loving that ‘me time’. When I am creating, I am in my element! My art has turned into my expression – my voice. It’s my niche in life – what I am meant to be doing. Art for me holds the answers for my life. It allows me to tap into those resources that I need for that moment, in that time. Art is my strength and I believe that I need to share that with everyone. I am half way through my Art Therapy course and I totally LOVE it! I know that is the outlet that I can offer to others to allow them to find their answers and resources for themselves.

I honestly had no idea that life could be this fulfilling and wonderful.

I know that I am strong and for those of you who aren’t feeling strong, just know that it is there – just listen for that faint whisper- ‘Try it one more time’

Courage, Hope and Strength are necessary for living!

And guess what?

We ALL have it in abundance, even if we think we don’t!

So my wish for myself and everyone is to:

Live ~ Love ~ Imagine ~ Create

The life you want for 2012 and beyond.

Reflecting Reflections

I’ve been thinking a lot about the year that has been and also my life and I’ve come to realise something really important: I’ve come such a long way! I have made it through. All the hurt and heartache has subsided and I am now able to really live.

The little motto I came up with when originally making this blog was:

~ Live ~ Love ~ Imagine ~ Create ~

And it has really been cemented in my life this past few weeks. I am actually really proud of myself. I’m back doing the things that I used to love doing and I am making my wishes become my reality! I am back to being that little girl I had left for so long. It hit me last night that I have made it through the dark times and can finally create anything that I want.

Life really has no boundaries – the only boundaries that are there are the ones that we have put there ourselves. We can do anything and everything we want to and that is such a beautiful thing to have finally realised. I believe in each and every one of you reading this just as much as I now believe in myself. I am becoming the person that I admired when I was small and I wouldn’t have been able to become that person without the support of my Mum, Sister, Grandma & Grandad and a few other very special people. I only hope that I can make them proud.

 I am Living

I am Loving

I am Imagining

I am Creating

I am ME!

With all my love forever

~ Live ~ Love ~ Imagine ~ Create ~

I Am Not A Label

I have found, many people go around and put all types of labels on each other. Some are positive, others may be negative, but ALL are labels. For me, putting a label on someone is like putting them in a box and telling them they can’t live outside of that box. I believe each individual, is that – an individual, and by being unique we have limitless potential. We can be whoever and whatever we want – and if we want to change that, well surprise-surprise, we can do that too!

In my past, I have had a lot of labels put on me by doctors, friends, and family – most of which screamed ‘victim’. But I am here today without that label, because I am not a victim.

♥ I Am Free ♥

êI Have Overcome ê

♥ I Have Survived ♥

ê I Am Living ê

&

♥ I Am Me ♥

These aren’t labels. This is the truth. I have survived my past and am living and creating the life that I’ve always wanted. One full of fun, love and light. I was lucky enough to be able to shake all those labels off of me and I hope that you are able to do the same too. Don’t let other define who you are or who you want to be. You are the creator in your universe. Create what you want. Don’t limit yourself.

This is one of my favourite images and is so true for everyone:

‘Her value far above rubies and pearls’

Never forget just how valuable you are.

You make the world a brighter place just by being in it.

Live ~ Love ~ Imagine ~ Create

It's Ok To Be A Square Peg

I came across this image and the statement "It's ok to be a square peg" and I love it. I tried for so many years to be everything for everyone, to fit in, to be the same as everyone, and I've come to realise that I'm not like anyone else. I have my own strengths and weaknesses and I am learning that it is ok to have them. I now know that:

I AM A SQUARE PEG!

I'm not meant to be like everyone else. But, as hard as I tried, I was never like them. I always felt left out. That I wasn't enough. That society said I was different and being different was wrong. But it's SO not wrong. I will never fit the round hole - being society - because I am meant to stand out, to be different, and to be me. I don't want to sound like I'm stuck up or full of myself, but I feel as though I am here for a reason, for this season and my life will make a difference. I've been through things that will allow me to help others but not only that, there is a new path that I know I need to navigate. I don’t quite know what it is or what it looks like, but I know what it feels like.

It feels:

WONDERFUL

FREE

EXCITING

EASY

I want more from life. I want to create the life that I want. I have a paintbrush in hand and I am creating in the most vibrant colours anyone has ever seen.

 

I am living. I am loving. I am Imagining. I am creating.

I love Joseph Campbell’s quote where he says:

“Follow Your Bliss”

My bliss is to create, to encourage, to nurture and support, to show people that they can and will get through the trials they are faced with and that they have the answers and resources already within them. I really believe that. And if they can’t believe it for themselves yet, they just need to trust that I believe it for them until they can. We as human beings have so much potential. A lot of which hasn’t been tapped into yet. I ask you to think of the thing that you want to be most. And then I will tell you that you can be that and more. I know we all had dreams when we were younger and somewhere along the way they have been lost, ignored, forgotten. Find that something within you. That desire in you that wants more than what you have now.  Find that fire inside.  Follow your bliss. And be who you want to be. Create everything you could dream of and see the possibilities that your life will present you. You can create anything you want. I believe that 100% and believe that for everyone.

Live – Love – Imagine - Create

Follow Your Bliss

"The way to find out about your happiness
is to keep your mind on those moments
when you really ARE happy --
not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy.

 
This requires a little bit of self- analysis.
What is it that makes you happy?
Stay with it, no matter what people tell you.
This is what I call, 'Following Your Bliss.'

 
If you do follow your bliss,
you put yourself on a kind of track
that has been there all the while, waiting for you.
And the life that you ought to be living,
is the one you ARE living.
Wherever you are, if you are following your bliss,
you are enjoying that refreshment,
that life within you, all the time.

When you can see that,
you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss,
and they open doors for you.
I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid,
and doors will open
where you didn't know they were going to be."

Joseph Campbell

From: The Power of Myth